December 2021

Special Issue of Invited Presentations: Adult: Aorta: Invited Expert Opinions

Addressing malperfusion first before repairing type A dissection
• Yunus Ahmed,
• Pieter A.J. van Bakel,
• Himanshu J. Patel
Published online: May 03, 2021
p1-5

Commentary: Type A aortic dissection with malperfusion syndrome—Staying true to true lumen perfusion
• Irbaz Hameed,
• Arnar Geirsson,
• Roland Assi
Published online: May 13, 2021
p6-7

Total arch replacement: Technical pearls
• Ivancarmine Gambardella,
• Leonard N. Girardi
Published online: May 19, 2021
p8-13

Commentary: Hidden treasure: Cultivating pearls from a sea of information
• Joseph S. Coselli
Published online: June 05, 2021
p14-15

Open repair remains the gold standard
• Jonathan C. Hong,
• Joseph S. Coselli
Published online: January 25, 2021
p16-23

Commentary: Success lies in attention to details when performing open repair of thoracoabdominal aneurysms
• Christopher Lau,
• Leonard N. Girardi
Published online: January 29, 2021
p24-25

Commentary: Open repair is the gold standard for treatment of chronic distal aortic dissection—For now
• Nicholas T. Kouchoukos
Published online: January 29, 2021
p26-27

Total abdominal debranching hybrid thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair versus chimneys and snorkels
• Akiko Tanaka,
• Gustavo S. Oderich,
• Anthony L. Estrera
Published online: August 07, 2021
p28-33

Commentary: The many shades of grey in thoracoabdominal aortic repair
• Jacques Tomasi,
• Amedeo Anselmi
Published online: August 25, 2021
p34-35

Commentary: Hybrid only for a few
• Francisco Diniz Affonso da Costa
Published online: August 25, 2021
p36

Special Issue of Invited Presentations: Adult: Mitral Valve: Invited Expert Opinions

Semirigid posterior annuloplasty band: Reshaping the mitral orifice while preserving its physiology
• Les James,
• Eugene A. Grossi,
• Didier F. Loulmet,
• Aubrey C. Galloway
Published online: October 07, 2021
p37-42

Commentary: Is the ring the lord of all problems and solutions in mitral valve repair?
• Kanika Kalra,
• Kendra J. Grubb
Published online: October 20, 2021
p43-44

Commentary: The mitral annulus in normal valve function. Does shape matter?
• Vincent Chan,
• Marc Ruel,
• Thierry G. Mesana
Published online: October 20, 2021
p45-46

Targeted triangular resection for repair of degenerative mitral valve disease
• Daniel J.P. Burns,
• Rakesh M. Suri,
• A. Marc Gillinov
Published online: October 01, 2021
p47-52

Commentary: Cut to the chase: It's a matter of principle
• Matthew A. Romano
Published online: October 25, 2021
p53-54

Mitral annuloplasty ring design and selection: Complete semi-rigid is best
• Taweesak Chotivatanapong
Published online: October 21, 2021
p55-57

Functional anatomy and surgical principles of mitral repair for the Barlow valve: Past legacy guides the future
• Clifford W. Barlow,
• Hani Ali-Ghosh,
• Sarvananthan Sajiram
Published online: September 14, 2021
p58-63

Commentary: Dogma to diachronicity: Evolving to lesion-specific repair of Barlow valves
• Charlotte Spear,
• Lawrence M. Wei,
• J. Scott Rankin,
• Vinay Badhwar
Published online: September 28, 2021
p64-65

Commentary: The Barlow valve: Understanding disease and symmetry
• Carlos A. Mestres,
• Miguel A. Piñón,
• Eduard Quintana
Published online: October 08, 2021
p66-67

Nonresectional folding repair techniques for posterior leaflet lesions in degenerative mitral regurgitation
• Minoru Tabata,
• Hiromi Yanagisawa
Published online: October 01, 2021
p68-73

Commentary: Return to the past with a view to the future
• Leonardo A. Mulinari,
• Tomas A. Salerno
Published online: October 16, 2021
p74

Minimally invasive and robotic approaches to mitral valve: Robotic is best
• Aubrey Almeida,
• Elli Tutungi,
• Simon Moten,
• Yi Chen
Published online: October 07, 2021
p75-79

Commentary: A rose by any other name
• Lawrence M. Wei,
• Vinay Badhwar
Published online: October 18, 2021
p80-81

Commentary: Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation at the time of cardiac surgery: Just do it
• Kevin Hodges,
• Daniel Burns,
• A. Marc Gillinov,
• Rakesh Suri
Published online: October 17, 2021
p82-83

Minimally invasive and robotic approaches to mitral valve surgery: Transthoracic aortic crossclamping is optimal
• Michael J. Bates,
• W. Randolph Chitwood Jr.
Published online: September 21, 2021
p84-88

Commentary: To balloon, or not to balloon
• Les James,
• Eugene A. Grossi
Published online: October 08, 2021
p89

Commentary: Endoaortic balloon occlusion for minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: An empowering alternative
• Jake L. Rosen,
• T. Sloane Guy
Published online: October 12, 2021
p90-91

Secondary mitral regurgitation repair techniques and outcomes: Subannular repair techniques in secondary mitral regurgitation type IIIb
• Jonas Pausch,
• Evaldas Girdauskas,
• Lenard Conradi,
• Hermann Reichenspurner
Published online: September 15, 2021
p92-97

Commentary: London Bridge is falling down—how will we build it up?
• Les James,
• Eugene A. Grossi
Published online: September 28, 2021
p98-99

Commentary: Subannular repair in secondary mitral regurgitation: Will this be our hero?
• Stephanie L. Mick
Published online: October 18, 2021
p100-101

Special Issue of Invited Presentations: Adult: Coronary: Invited Expert Opinions

The evolving evidence base for coronary artery bypass grafting and arterial grafting in 2021: How to improve vein graft patency
• Dominique Vervoort,
• Abdullah Malik,
• Stephen E. Fremes
Published online: September 24, 2021
p102-109

Commentary: The saphenous vein in coronary artery bypass grafting: Optimizing our workhorse
• Max T. Buchko,
• Marc Ruel
Published online: October 19, 2021
p110-111

Commentary: Vein grafts in coronary surgery: Time for an upgrade!
• James Tatoulis
Published online: October 12, 2021
p112-113

The evidence for radial artery grafting: When and when not?
• Gianmarco Cancelli,
• Katia Audisio,
• David Chadow,
• Giovanni J. Soletti,
• Mario Gaudino
Published online: September 24, 2021
p114-119

Commentary: Playing the best hand in conduit selection
• David L. Joyce
Published online: October 18, 2021
p120-121

Coronary surgery in women: How can we improve outcomes
• Brittany A. Zwischenberger,
• Oliver K. Jawitz,
• Jennifer S. Lawton
Published online: October 01, 2021
p122-128

Commentary: Gender and outcomes: It's complicated
• Thomas A. Schwann
Published online: October 16, 2021
p129-130

Commentary: Coronary artery disease: Equality of care for women and men
• Teresa M. Kieser
Published online: October 23, 2021
p131-132

Coronary endarterectomy for diffusely diseased coronary artery: An ace in the hole in coronary artery surgery
• Kosaku Nishigawa,
• Toshihiro Fukui,
• Jun Takaki,
• Shuichiro Takanashi
Published online: March 20, 2021
p133-137

Commentary: Coronary endarterectomy: An old craft remastered
• James Tatoulis
Published online: April 09, 2021
p138-139

Total-arterial, anaortic, off-pump coronary artery surgery: Why, when, and how
• Michael P. Vallely,
• Michael Seco,
• Fabio Ramponi,
• John D. Puskas
Published online: October 03, 2021
p140-148

Commentary: Destination zero stroke: Three steps, but one at a time
• James Tatoulis
Published online: October 12, 2021
p149-150

Commentary: Total-arterial, anaortic revascularization, and the boutique practice of coronary surgery
• Faisal G. Bakaeen
Published online: October 14, 2021
p151-152

Robotic totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting: It's now or never!
• Husam H. Balkhy
Published online: April 09, 2021
p153-157

Commentary: Robotic totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass: State of an art
• Saqib H. Qureshi,
• Marc Ruel
Published online: May 03, 2021
p158-159

Commentary: Beyond the horizon of evidence in robotic totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting
• Aaron J. Weiss,
• William C. Frankel,
• Faisal G. Bakaeen
Published online: April 26, 2021
p160-161

Nonsternotomy multivessel coronary artery bypass grafting: A key development in cardiac surgery
• Marc Ruel
Published online: September 21, 2021
p162-167

Commentary: In the hands of the few, less is more
• Dominique Vervoort,
• Mimi Xiaoming Deng,
• Stephen E. Fremes
Published online: October 12, 2021
p168-169

Minimally invasive coronary artery surgery: Robotic and nonrobotic minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass techniques
• Mateo Marin-Cuartas,
• Michel Pompeu Sá,
• Gianluca Torregrossa,
• Piroze M. Davierwala
Published online: October 13, 2021
p170-177

Aorta: Surgical Technique

Central arch reconstruction and thoracic endovascular aortic repair for complicated acute type B aortic dissection with aberrant right subclavian artery
• Andy Dong,
• William D. Jordan Jr.,
• Bradley G. Leshnower
Published online: September 17, 2021
p178-180